No question - redistributing the nation's wealth into the long term investment accounts of the super rich is bad for the economy. That money doesn't trickle down, it just sits there, disengaged from the economy.
Instead, our tax policies should promote putting money into the hands of those who recirculate it, whether it's consumers or people creating and growing businesses.
all the evidence is there. the data is there. the trends are there. it is not difficult to understand how these things work. what is difficult & requires hard work and lots of money is concealing the evidence w/ superstition, sound bites & 'hunches' (see #2 above). however, there's no shortage of people arduously working at that concealment (again, see #2 above).
Instead, our tax policies should promote putting money into the hands of those who recirculate it, whether it's consumers or people creating and growing businesses.